Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2001, 8:57 PM EST for Henry County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2001, 8:57 PM EST (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2001, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Henry County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Rushville, IN | |
| Jun 12, 9:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Knightstown, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
890 WUUS53 KIND 130159 SVRIND INC065-139-130245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 857 PM EST TUE JUN 12 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 945 PM EST * AT 852 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER KENNARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... INTERSTATE 70 IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY AT 905 PM EST DUNREITH AT 905 PM EST LEWISVILLE AT 910 PM EST STRAUGHN AT 915 PM EST THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 3991 8557 3966 8560 3963 8534 3989 8522 JP/BG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 45 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.